Arab American National Museum Archives
13624 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, MI 48126
Title: Michael W. Suleiman Collection
Creator: Suleiman, Michael W.
Inclusive dates: Late 1800s - 2009
Bulk dates: 1960 – 2009
Extent: 142 boxes
Accession number: 2010.51.00
Language: Materials are in English and Arabic.
Acquisition: Collected by Michael and Penny Suleiman.
Accruals: Periodic additions to the collection are expected.
Access: Collection is open to researchers.
Photographs: Unprocessed, in Series 2.
A-V Material: Unprocessed, in Series 2.
Digital Materials: None.
Copyright: Copyright is held by the Arab American National Museum.
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Contents of boxes/folders placed into series during internship
(Series - sub-series - folder)
Series 2: Organizational Materials: (Boxes 31-38)
Box 31:
Sub-series 2-1 Association of Arab-American University Graduates (AAUG)
2-1-1 AAUG ephemera
2-1-2 AAUG Conventions materials (1st – 9th)
2-1-3 AAUG Conventions materials (10th – 27th)
2-1-4 AAUG Conventions publications
2-1-5 AAUG Mideast Monitor (1984-2000)
2-1-6 AAUG Press Releases (1979-90)
2-1-7 AAUG Newsletters (1975-2000)
2-1-8 Newspapers & other articles
2-1-9 AAUG directories
2-1-10 AAUG Position Papers
2-1-11 AAUG Position Papers
2-1-12 Email print-outs; Suleiman’s handwritten notes
2-1-13 AAUG Proposals, March 1986 (bound publication)
2-1-14 AAUG general member correspondence
2-1-15 AAUG general member correspondence
2-1-16 AAUG assorted publications
2-1-17 AAUG Information Papers (publications)
2-1-18 AAUG pamphlets (primarily conventions)
2-1-19 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors (includes President Carter correspondence)
Box 32:
2-1-20 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors
2-1-21 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors
2-1-22 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors
2-1-23 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors
2-1-24 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors
2-1-25 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors
2-1-26 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors
2-1-27 AAUG official correspondence – executive, Board of Directors
Sub-series 2-2 Arab American Institute (AAI)
2-2-1 Personal Correspondence (AAI with Suleiman)
2-2-2 AAI general member correspondence
2-2-3 AAI general member correspondence
2-2-4 AAI Foundation & Census Information Center (CIC) correspondence/materials
2-2-5 AAI Foundation & Census Information Center (CIC) correspondence/materials
2-2-6 AAI Civil rights & Immigration materials
2-2-7 AAI ephemera & pamphlets
2-2-8 AAI Action Alerts & Updates (1988-1992) (publications)
2-2-9 AAI Notebook & Issues (1986-1996) (publications)
2-2-10 AAI Issues (1997-2004) (publications)
2-2-11 AAI political, electoral, and public opinion materials
2-2-12 AAI political, electoral, and public opinion materials
Box 33:
2-2-13 AAI political, electoral, and public opinion materials
2-2-14 AAI political, electoral, and public opinion materials
2-2-15 Census, ancestry, and demographics data and information
2-2-16 Census, ancestry, and demographics data and information
2-2-17 Census, ancestry, and demographics data and information
2-2-18 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-19 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-20 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-21 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-22 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-23 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-24 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-25 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-26 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-27 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-28 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-29 AAI email and web print-outs
2-2-30 AAI email and web print-outs
Box 34:
Sub-series 2-3 American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
2-3-1 ADC Reports 1980-1982
2-3-2 ADC Reports 1983-1984
2-3-3 ADC Bi-Weekly Reports Aug. 1983-Feb. 1984
2-3-4 ADC Bi-Weekly Reports Mar. 1984-Aug. 1984
2-3-5 ADC Times 1984-1985
2-3-6 ADC Times 1986-1987
2-3-7 ADC Times 1988-1989
2-3-8 ADC Times 1990-1991
2-3-9 ADC Times 1992-1993
2-3-10 ADC Times 1994-1995
2-3-11 ADC Times 1996-1997
2-3-12 ADC Times 1998-1999
2-3-13 ADC Times 2000-2001
2-3-14 ADC Times 2002-2004
2-3-15 ADC Issues, ADC Activity Reports
2-3-16 ADC Reports on hate crimes
2-3-17 ADC Conventions publications
2-3-18 “The Arab-American Mosaic,” drafts and final version
2-3-19 ADC web print-outs, memorandums, correspondence, fact sheets, pamphlets
Box 35:
2-3-20 ADC email print-outs
2-3-21 ADC email print-outs
2-3-22 ADC email print-outs
2-3-23 ADC email print-outs
2-3-24 ADC email print-outs
2-3-25 ADC email print-outs
2-3-26 ADC email print-outs
2-3-27 ADC email print-outs
2-3-28 ADC email print-outs
2-3-29 ADC email print-outs
Sub-series 2-4 National Association of Arab-Americans (NAAA)
2-4-1 NAAA Conventions and Conferences
2-4-2 NAAA Publications – Voice, Campaign for Lebanon, Political Focus
2-4-3 NAAA email print-outs and web print-outs
2-4-4 NAAA Action Alerts
2-4-5 NAAA Issue Briefs
2-4-6 NAAA pamphlets and flyers
2-4-7 NAAA member correspondence and materials
2-4-8 NAAA member correspondence and materials
2-4-9 NAAA member correspondence and materials
Sub-series 2-5 Educational Organizations
2-5-1 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Organization of Arab Students (OAS)
2-5-2 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Organization of Arab Students (OAS)
2-5-3 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Center for Cross Cultural Learning (CCCL); IQRA’; Institute of International Education (IIE); Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services (AWAIR)
2-5-4 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Arab World and Islamic Resources and School Services (AWAIR)
2-5-5 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS); Moroccan-American Commission for Educational & Cultural Exchange; Teaching Resource Center; Center for Middle Easter Studies; Harvard University; Muslim Education Foundation (MEF), started by ISNA
Box 36:
2-5-6 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Society for Arab-American Studies (SAAS); Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), Georgetown University; American Educational Trust (AET); Student Aid International
2-5-7 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
America-Mideast Educational & Training Services (AMIDEAST); Middle East Studies Association (MESA), University of Arizona
2-5-8 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Center for Arab American Studies (CAAS)
2-5-9 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization (NELC), University of Washington; Arab-American studies Yahoo! group
2-5-10 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Institute of Arab Studies (IAS); Department of Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Leeds
2-5-11 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Middle East Educational Trust
2-5-12 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Arab Sociological Society (in Tunisia); Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
2-5-13 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
2-5-14 Educational Organizations, containing materials from:
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership (includes publication Hala by Foundation for Arab Policy Studies)
Sub-series 2-6 Islamic Organizations
2-6-1 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
2-6-2 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
2-6-3 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
2-6-4 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
2-6-5 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
American Muslim Taskforce (AMT)
2-6-6 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
2-6-7 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs; American Islamic Information Center (AIIC); Islamic Trend of North America (ITNA), North American Islamic Conference, 1997; American Council for Public Affairs (ACPA); American Muslim Alliance (AMA)
2-6-8 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
Council on Islamic Education; The Institute of Islamic Information and Education (III&E); Center for Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID); Islam Centennial Fourteen; United Muslims of America (UMA); The American Muslim, 1993; American Institute for Islamic Affairs (AIIA); American Muslim Council (AMC); Islamic Sufi Foundation
2-6-9 Islamic Organizations, containing materials from:
The Minaret, Islamic Center of Southern California; Islam in America, Olduvai Humanities Library; Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
Box 37:
Sub-series 2-7 Heritage Organizations
2-7-1 Heritage Organizations, containing materials from:
William G. Abdalah Memorial Library, St. George Community Center, Boston (Evelyn Menconi)
2-7-2 Heritage Organizations, containing materials from:
William G. Abdalah Memorial Library, St. George Community Center, Boston (Evelyn Menconi)
2-7-3 Heritage Organizations, containing materials from:
Maloof International; Khouri Family Gazette; Immigration History Research Center (IHRC); Arab-American Historical Foundation (AAHF); American Arab Heritage Council (AAHC); American Heritage Society
2-7-4 Heritage Organizations, containing materials from:
Arab Information & Resource Center (AIRC); Middle East Cultural and Information Center (MECIC); Arab Information Center; Arab American Historical Foundation
Sub-series 2-8 Socio-Political Organizations
2-8-1 Socio-Political Organizations, containing materials from:
National Council of Arab Americans (NCAA); American-Arab Affairs Council; Americans for Middle East Understanding (AMEU)
2-8-2 Socio-Political Organizations, containing materials from:
Arab American Democratic Federation; Arab American Republican Federation; Center for Foreign Policy Development; Al-Hewar Center, The Arab American Dialogue
2-8-3 Socio-Political Organizations, containing materials from:
National Council on US-Arab Relations (NCUSAR); Washington Middle East Associates; Middle East Policy Council; Middle East Outreach Council; Middle East Report (MERIP); American Coalition for Middle East Dialogue (ACMED); American Council Political Action Committee (ACPAC); Coalition for Post-War U.S. Policy in the Middle East; Arab American Leadership Council (ALC)
Sub-series 2-9 Women’s Organizations
2-9-1 Women’s Organizations, containing materials from:
NAJDA: Women Concerned About the Middle East
2-9-2 Women’s Organizations, containing materials from:
NAJDA: Women Concerned About the Middle East
2-9-3 Women’s Organizations, containing materials from:
Brooklyn College Student Center, Ripe Guava; Center of Arab Women for Training and Research (CAWTAR); Arab Women Center for Training and Research; International Council for Women in the Arts (ICWA); North American Council for Muslim Women (NACMW); Association for Middle East Women’s Studies (AMEWS); Arab Women’s Solidarity Association (AWSA); Feminist Arab-American Network (FAN); KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights; Arab-American Women Conference, Kansas State University (includes information on participants)
Sub-series 2-10 Palestine Advocacy Organizations
2-10-1 Palestine Advocacy Organizations, containing materials from:
Palestine Congress of North America
2-10-2 Palestine Advocacy Organizations, containing materials from:
Palestine Congress of North America
2-10-3 Palestine Advocacy Organizations, containing materials from:
American Ramallah Federation; Palestine Human Rights Campaign (PHRC); American Committee on Jerusalem (ACJ); American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP); North American Coordinating Committee (NACC); The United Holy Land Fund (UHLF); Friends of Palestinian Prisoners; Palestinian American Congress (PAC); Palestinian Aid Society
2-10-4 Palestine Advocacy Organizations, containing materials from:
Palestinian American Research Center (PARC); The Jerusalem Fund for Education and Community Development
Sub-series 2-11 Human Rights Organizations
2-11-1 Human Rights Organizations, containing materials from:
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU); Society of In’ash El-Usra; Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law
2-11-2 Human Rights Organizations, containing materials from:
Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
Sub-series 2-12 Christian Organizations
2-12-1 Christian Organizations, containing materials from:
National Council of Churches (NCCC); U.S. Interreligious Committee for Peace in the Middle East; United Church Board for World Ministries (UCBWM); St. Mary’s Eastern Orthodox Church; St. Mary’s Orthodox Christian Church; St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral; Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese; Churches for Middle East Peace; Presbyterian Church, U.S.A.; St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic (R.C.) Church
Sub-series 2-13 Health Organizations
2-13-1 Health Organizations, containing materials from:
Mid East Study of Immigrant Health Adjustments (SIHA) Project, University of California San Francisco
2-13-2 Health Organizations, containing materials from:
Naim Foundation
Sub-series 2-14 ACCESS
2-14-1 Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS)
2-14-2 Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services (ACCESS)
Sub-series 2-15 Community-based Organizations
2-15-1 Community-Based Organizations, containing materials from:
Arab-Americans of Central Ohio (AACO); Arab American Community of Sacramento (AAS); The Arab World Review (Quebec); Canadian Arab Federation (CAF); Canadian Arab Friendship Society (CAFS); New England American Studies Association (NEASA); Committee of Palestinians in New England (COPINE); New England American Studies Association (NEASA); Arab American Action Network (AAAN); American Friends Service Committee (AFSC); Midwest Federation of American Syrian-Lebanese Clubs (includes Southern Federation of Syrian-Lebanese American Clubs)
2-15-2 Community-Based Organizations, containing materials from:
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR); Muslim Community Association (MCA) of the San Francisco Bay Area; East Bay Islamic Speakers Bureau; Council of Presidents of Arab American Organizations (CPAO) in the San Francisco Bay Area; Bay Area Palestine Coordinating Committee; Arab American Community Advisory Council
Sub-series 2-16 Lebanon Advocacy Organizations
2-16-1 Lebanon Advocacy Organizations, containing materials from:
Lebanese Emigration Research Center (LERC); Lebanese Cultural Center; Save Lebanon; American Lebanese League (ALL)
Box 38:
Sub-series 2-17 Labor and Commerce Organizations
2-17-1 Labor and Commerce Organizations, containing materials from:
The Mid America-Arab Chamber of Commerce; League of Arab States; U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council; U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce; National Arab American Journalists Association (NAAJA); The Labor Committee on the Middle East; Arab American Bar Association (AABA); Arab American Lawyers Association of Southern California (AALASC); Arab Bankers Association of North America; Network of Arab American Professionals (NAAP); Communication Workers of America (CWA); Labor Committee Against Racism and Discrimination
Sub-series 2-18 Museums and Cultural Institutions
2-18-1 Museums and Cultural Institutions, containing materials from:
Arab World Festival; Middle East Cultural Association (MECA); Arab-American Media Society (AAMS); Museum of the City of New York (MCNY); National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC; Arab American National Museum (AANM); Museum of Cultural History, University of California Los Angeles; Michigan State University Museum; Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA)
Sub-series 2-19 Organizations Pursuing Justice
2-19-1 Organizations Pursuing Justice, containing materials from:
NEA Peace and Justice Caucus; The Middle East Resource Center (MERC); United States Institute of Peace; Lies of our Times; Committee for Justice to Stop the McCarren Act Deportations; Democracy Now!
Sub-series 2-20 Arab-Latino Organizations
2-20-1 Arab-Latino Organizations, containing materials from:
ANAIS Cultural Commission, 2nd Pan-American Arabic Congress; Association of Latin American Muslims (newspaper); Casa Árabe e Instituto Internacional de Estudios Árabes y del Mundo Musulmán; Federation of Arabic-Chilean Entities (FEARAB), 3rd Pan-American Arabic Congress
2-20-2 Arab-Latino Organizations, containing materials from:
Federation of Arabic-Chilean Entities (FEARAB), 3rd Pan-American Arabic Congress
Sub-series 2-21 Literary Organizations
2-21-1 Literary Organizations, containing materials from:
Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI)
2-21-2 Literary Organizations, containing materials from:
Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI)
2-21-3 Literary Organizations, containing materials from:
Al-Hoda Centennial (published by AAI); Arab American Press Guild; Mizna; Arab-American Forum – The News Circle; National Professional Literary Conference on Arab American & Ethnic Writing
Series 5: Reference Materials: (Boxes ??-??)
Box ??:
Sub-series 5-1 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-1 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-2 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-3 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-4 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-5 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-6 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-7 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-8 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-9 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-10 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-11 Bibliographic Reference Materials
5-1-12 Bibliographic Reference Materials (self-bound item)
5-1-13 Bibliographic Reference Materials (self-bound item)
5-1-14 Bibliographic Reference Materials (self-bound item)
5-1-15 Bibliographic Reference Materials (self-bound item)
Box ??:
Sub-series 5-2 Directories
5-2-1 Directories of Individuals
5-2-2 Directories of Individuals
5-2-3 Directories of Individuals
5-2-4 Directories of Arab Organizations
5-2-5 Directories of Arab Organizations
Sub-series 5-3 Conferences, various
5-3-1 Conferences
Sub-series 5-4 Documentation
5-4-1 Documentation on Videos
Sub-series 5-5 Ephemera, various
5-5-1 Ephemera
Sub-series 5-6 Oral Histories, Transcripts
5-6-1 Oral History – Lists of Interviewees
5-6-2 Oral History – Ayoub, Joseph 11/5/79
5-6-3 Oral History – Baba, Nick 11/21/79
5-6-4 Oral History – Najour, Margarite 11/19/79
5-6-5 Oral History – Bryan (Brahin), Ed 11/19/79
5-6-6 Oral History – Jones, Louise 11/24/79
5-6-7 Oral History – (Rev.) Ofeish, Gregory 11/24/79
5-6-8 Oral History – Totah, Zahwa 11/19/79
5-6-9 Oral History – Hayek Jeha, Olga 11/17/79
5-6-10 Oral History – Kirkish, Alexander 11/5/79
5-6-11 Oral History – Nasser, Elias 11/16/79
5-6-12 Oral History – Beainy, G. 11/16/79
5-6-13 Oral History – Kotite, Shafik 11/30/79
5-6-14 Oral History – Ofeish, Mitry & Marie 11/25/79
5-6-15 Oral History – Zachariah, Victor 12/3/79
5-6-16 Oral History – Jeha, James 12/4/79
5-6-17 Oral History – Halsell, Grace 11/7/81
5-6-18 Oral History – Ansara, James 11/22/81
5-6-19 Oral History – Teison, Mary 12/30/82
5-6-20 Oral History – Nasr, Moses (Norman) 12/30/82
5-6-21 Oral History – Ajamy, Claire 12/31/82
5-6-22 Oral History – Ajamy, Louis 12/31/82
5-6-23 Oral History – Habachy, Nimet 6/19-20/85
5-6-24 Oral History – Williams, Mary 7/21/85
5-6-25 Oral History – Gagnon 7/24/85
5-6-26 Oral History – Shoucair, Lillian (George) 4/1/93
5-6-27 Interview – Jabara, Abdeen 2/9/98
5-6-28 Oral History – Nassif, George (date unknown)
5-6-29 Oral History – Meena, Peter & Eva (date unknown)
5-6-30 Oral History – Salem (date unknown)
5-6-31 Oral History – Unknown (date unknown, missing first page)
Suleiman finding aid (updated).doc (Complete finding aid to date for Suleiman Collection)
